Evidence that active transmission of porcine cysticercosis occurs in Venezuela

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-537

  Alcobedes, Maria M Cortez ^a   Boggio, Gonzalo ^b   de Lourdes Guerra, Ma ^b   de Gavidia, Magda Rodríguez ^c   Reyes, Glenda C Rojas ^a   Ferrer, Elizabeth ^a   Lares, Maria ^a   Alviarez, Yenny ^a   Harrison, Leslie J S ^d   Parkhouse, R Michael E ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Dirección de Salud Ambiental y Contraloría Sanitaria   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Porcine cysticercosis; Taenia solium; Transmission; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; SUIDAE; SUS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 77951638882     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9456-y     Document Type: Article

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